diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/ui/wizards/NewManagedProjectWizard.java b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/ui/wizards/NewManagedProjectWizard.java
index 0f6bd3869b3..3e2aabe8960 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/ui/wizards/NewManagedProjectWizard.java
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/ui/wizards/NewManagedProjectWizard.java
@@ -182,10 +182,12 @@ public class NewManagedProjectWizard extends NewCProjectWizard {
 					if (newConfigs.length > 0) {
 						IToolChain tc = newConfigs[0].getToolChain();
 						ITargetPlatform targetPlatform = tc.getTargetPlatform();
-						// Create entries for all binary parsers
-						String[] binaryParsers = targetPlatform.getBinaryParserList();
-						for (int i=0; i<binaryParsers.length; i++) {
-						    desc.create(CCorePlugin.BINARY_PARSER_UNIQ_ID, binaryParsers[i]);
+						if (targetPlatform != null) {
+							// Create entries for all binary parsers
+							String[] binaryParsers = targetPlatform.getBinaryParserList();
+							for (int i=0; i<binaryParsers.length; i++) {
+							    desc.create(CCorePlugin.BINARY_PARSER_UNIQ_ID, binaryParsers[i]);
+							}
 						}
 					}
 				} catch (CoreException e) {